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Originally Posted by MS Fowler
I cannot answer "why" God seems to have been testing Abraham. It certainly was not because God needed to know something about Abraham.
Why would anyone think that God is under some sort of obligation to serve mankind.
He is the Creator; we are the creation--VAST difference.
Paul discusses this in his letter to the Romans--Does the clay ask of the Potter, " Why have you made me like this?". The original Greek is very strong--that the question is completely out of order==Clay does not make demands on the Potter.
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If you don't know why Abe is being tested, how do you know why it is certainly not this, that or the other?
If he is under no obligation to serve us or help us, why should we bother with what he wants us to do? I don't care how you want me to dress at work because you are not signing my paycheck. The question still remains, what sort of shepard is he? One who genuinely cares about the flock or one who doesn't give a damn and picks up a sheep to screw when it amuses him.
According to biblical text, Adam and Eve were the creation. Not us. We are the offspring of the creation at best. Maybe even the forgotten offspring.
If we aren't more than laboratory rats, then it asks the question, what does the rat owe the experimenter? If you want to ask me for things like obedience and to follow your teachings, you need to explain to me why I should. Give me something for it. Otherwise, aren't we just following somebody like David Koresh or the Rev Sun?